- Queen of Assur-nasir-pal
Queen of Assur-nasir-pal - short-sleeved coat
6th to 5th Century BC - sixth to fifth centuries B.C.
Persian Costume of 6th to 5th Century BC - The God Osiris
The God Osiris - Thuthu
THuthu, wife of Ani - A captive of Sennacherib
This woman, a captive of Sennacherib who reigned in eighth and seventh centuries B.C., wears a long tunic - An Egyptian goddess
A goddess, 700 B.C., is an exact copy of an Egyptian drawing. - A hunter
This man, in hunting dress dates from ninth century B.C - A Priestess
A Priestess - A Queen
Egyptian queen - A Queen
An Egyptian queen - Ani, a scribe
Ani, a scribe 1450 B.C. - Assyrian
Assyrian - Darius, king of Persia
Darius, king of Persia - Details of decoration
Details of decoration - Eighth century BC
Eighth century BC Persian costume - King Assur-nasir-pal
King Assur-nasir-pal (ninth century B.C.) - King Assur-nasir-pal
King Assur-nasir-pal - Mythological Personage
This type of dress, which in the British Museum is described as worn by “a Mythological Figure in attendance upon King Assur-nasir-pal”, ninth century B.C., might be dated about 1000 B.C., as following the usual custom of the ancients who dressed their sacred figures in the costume of some previous generation as a rule - Persian
The costume is considered to be that of a Jewish captive of the Persian conqueror and dates sixth to fifth centuries B.C